Biffle takes the pole at Dover

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Biffle beats out Busch brothers for pole at Dover - Sprint Cup, NASCAR - CBSSports.com

DOVER, Del. -- Greg Biffle took the pole. Kyle Busch took the heat.

Biffle held off the Busch brothers, turning a lap of 155.219 mph on Friday at Dover International Speedway to take the top spot and bolster his bid to drive the No. 16 Ford to his first victory of the season.


Kurt Busch was second at 153.971, and points leader Kyle Busch was third at 153.767 on the 1-mile concrete track.


Kyle Busch has proven he can succeed in any level and is having a fantastic overall season. He leads the Sprint Cup series by 94 points over Jeff Burton and won a combined nine times this season in the Cup, Nationwide and Craftsman Truck Series. What bothers some drivers in the Cup series is Busch's sometimes obnoxious attitude


The latest run-in for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver came last week in a postrace confrontation with four-time Cup champion Jeff Gordon. He chased down Gordon after the Coca-Cola 600 and got in his face. His gripe? That Gordon raced him too hard while fighting for position down the stretch. Busch finished third; Gordon fourth.


Gordon accused his former teammate of being bitter over his parting with the Hendrick Motorsports team. Busch said Friday he simply overreacted and should have reached out to Gordon via other methods.

The two talked this week at testing at Pocono Raceway and Busch said, "all is cool now."


"My mistake, but I learned from that," Busch said. "He gave me a bit of advice if there was a next time for that."
Gordon called it a "non-issue."